Separable button



Aug. 12 1924. 1,504,998

w. WEINBERGER SEPARABLE BUTTON Filed May 16 1924 INVENTOR WILL/4m Nam/ 5mm By 5M; 4-MeA A TTORNEY Patented Aug. 12, 1924.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFKIE.

WILLIAM WEINBEBGER, OF NEW YORK, N.

SEPARABLE BUTTON.

Application filed May 16,

" a newjand useful Improvement in a Separable Button, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to covered buttons for fur garments and other wearing apparel.

The object of the invention is to provide a separable button of the character described which may be readily applied to a garment without the use of thread or tape.

The present invention is illustratively exemplified in the accompanying drawings in which Figure 1 is a sectional view of my improved button; Figure 2 is a plan view of the inside face of the co-operating member; Figure 3 is an enlarged sectional view of the same; and Figure 4 is a sectional View of a slightly modified form of co-operating member.

Referring to the drawings, 10 designates a common button mold having a center opening 11 and covered in the usual manner by a piece of fur 12 or other material. The mold 10 is held on the garment by means of an eye piece 13 comprising a wire spring doubled on itself and having its free ends projecting through the opening 11 and bent at their tips to engage over the surface of the mold beneath the covering 12.

The depending loop of the piece 13 is en'- gaged through the eye of a link 14 which comprises a loop sect-ion and outwardly bent ends, as shown in Figure 1. The link 14 is mounted in an auxiliary button member 15 having an outer section 16 provided with an opening to receive the stem of the link 14 and against the under surface of which, the bent ends are seated. The peripheral edge of the section 16 is crimped about the edge of an inner circular section 17 which is raised at its center and provided with an opening 18. The raised portion of the section 17 accommodates the bent ends of the link 14 and the flat head section 19 of a threaded shank 20, which projects through the opening 18 in the section 17 When the button is arranged on the garment the auxiliary button portion 15 is placed against the outside of the fur or material and the shank 20 is projected through the material towards the inside of the garment.

A co -operating receiving member 21 is placed over the shank 20 after it has been 1924;. Serial No. 713,756.

forced through the garment material and comprises a disk section 22 having a raised central portion 23 provided with an opening 24. The inclined portion of the raised portion 23 is provided with a plurality of tongues 25 stamped from the material and bent inwardly to engage the periphery of a disk 26. The disk 26 is stamped from a piece of spring steel and three radial cuts 27 are made in the center, so that when the tips of the tongues, formed by the cuts, spring inwardly and the edges or points thereof grip the threads of the shank.

In the form of the invention shown in Figure 4, the disk is omitted and the cuts 27 are made directly in the raised portion 23. It will be clear that it not necessary to provide the shank 20 with threads if it is made from substantially soft metal, in which case the gripping tongues will bite into the surface of the material and prevent the receiving member 21 from being removed.

The co-operating member 21 is usually completed by placing material over the sur-v face of a circular cap 28 having a flange which its closely about the skirt 29 of the section 22, as illustrated in Figure 1.

The application of my improved button is as follows. The shank 20 of the main portion of the button is forced through the proper place in the garment and the cooperating receiving member 21 is placed over the said shank, and the end of the latter inserted into the opening 24. The receiving member is then pushed against the shank 20 which forces its way through the meeting point of the cuts 27 until the raised portion 23 and the auxiliary button 15 are clamped against opposite sides of the material of the garment. The shank 20, of course, is prevented from slipping out of the disk 26 by the position of the tongues between the cuts 26. To separate the parts, the receiving member 21 is turned about the shank 20 until the edges of the gripping tongues follow the threads off of the end of the shank 20, when the button is re leased and may be withdrawn.

What I claim is:

1. A separable button, comprising a head portion, an auxiliary portion linked to said head and having a projecting shank, and a co-operating receiving member adjustable over said shank and comprising an inside shank 20 is forced through the center the member having a raised central part and a center opening, a disk attached to the under face of said raised part and having a plurality of radial cuts projecting from the center point, whereby movement of said shank through the center point will cause the points or the material between the cuts to spring in the direction of the movement of the shank and to bite into the surface of the latter When the attempt is made to move it axially in the opposite direction.

2. A separable button, comprising a head portion, a linked auxiliary button compris-. ing a disk having a central opening, an eye projecting through said opening and having bent ends disposed under said disk, a second disk having a raised central portion and a central opening therein, the edge of the second disk being crimped to the first disk by a turned edge of the latter, a shank projecting through the opening in the second disk and having a head disposed against the inside of said raised portion, and a cooperating receiving member adjustable over said shank and comprising a disk provided with V shaped tongues, having their tips in the center and being adapted to spring inwardly about said shank when the latter is inserted to engage the surface and prevent straight axial movement of the shank in the opposite direction.

3. A separable button, as claimed in claim 2, in Which said shank is screw-tliremiled to receive the tips of said tongues, whereby said co-operating member is removable from the shank by turning the tongues off the threads, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof, I have signed my name to this specification this 29 day of April, 1924.

WILLIAM WEINBERGER. 

